Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own Lord of the Rings. Why do you rub it
in?!

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There will be swearing in this chapter so if you are offended easily,
don't read!

When you remember

Chapter 4

Never going away

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Slowly he blinked bringing into focus the blurry shapes before him.
One spoke.
"How are you Legolas? You have been unconscious for a week. We found you
in a small clearing surrounded by orc bodies. Your handiwork, I presume?"
Legolas flinched at the comment. It brought back the memories of it all.
The speaker noticed this and said:
"Legolas are you alright? Shall I get someone for you?"
"Did you get the girl? Is she healing? Tell me I need to know!"
" Legolas calm down. We found the girl but." Legolas interrupted the elf
before they could finish talking.
"But what? Please don't tell me she died!" The elf couldn't look him in
the eye. Legolas screamed inwardly and cried out in anger. "Oh shit!"

Suddenly everything swam in front of his eyes and he fell back into
nothingness.

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" Legolas, Legolas can you hear me?" A soothing voice called out to
Legolas. He groaned, the pounding in his head increasing.
"What?" He managed to call out weakly.
"Thank Elbereth, he's alive!" Estel's voice floated to his ears.
"Estel? That.you?"
"It is I Legolas. How are you feeling?"
"Fine, though my head a little." He caught the stern look on his face and
added: "Ok maybe a lot then."
"That's because you hit it on a rock when you collapsed, elf." Gimli came
into vision. "We were worried about you."

Legolas was confused.
" I collapsed? When?"
"About a couple of hours ago. You were shouting about something. Then
when you unconscious you were muttering about the same thing but we could
only make out one word, Earwen. Who is this?"
" No not her, don't say that name!" Legolas started sobbing. Aragorn
looked curiously at his friend who was getting hysterical. Though in
Legolas' mind he had good reason to. Before him the ghostly figure
appeared again. There was a long and nasty gash running down her face to
her collarbone.
"Ai Elbereth, leave me be! Why won't you go away?"
" I will never go away Legolas! Never! I will haunt you for the rest of
your life, which is a very long time, considering you're and immortal!"
The ghost let out a cackle and disappeared.
"Legolas are you alright? What are you talking about?" Legolas' eyes were
wide open in sheer panic and frustration.
"She's never going away! Never!"

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Another chapter done and done! Sorry it's so short! The next chapter will
be quite long, well in my standards anyway. Oh and by the way Estel is
Aragorn's elvish name in case you didn't know.

R/R everyone!

Nariel_of_Rivendell